Sunnyvale: Fremont High School on brief lockdown

Fremont High School was on lockdown briefly Thursday afternoon after Sunnyvale police received several reports of a man with a gun nearby.

Upwards of 20 police units investigated the area on the 100 block of E. Fremont Avenue where business owners reported seeing a man with a gun around 12:40 p.m. Feb. 27.

A small magazine containing pellets for a pellet gun was recovered at the scene, and a K9 search was conducted in the area, however, the man and the weapon were not located.

As a precaution, the school was placed on lockdown, since it is kitty-corner to the businesses. There was no indication that the man was heading in the direction of the school, according to Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Capt. David Verbrugge.

"The students had just finished up lunchtime, so they were back in their classes already," Verbrugge said. "Once we determined it was a pellet gun, we took the school off lockdown and put a shelter in place, so they could still go to their classes they just couldn't leave the campus."

Around 1:22 p.m. the shelter was lifted and students were allowed to leave on schedule.

According to Verbrugge, there was a verbal altercation between two men standing outside of a car two men inside of a car in a shopping center parking lot. One person in the car got out and brandished the weapon.

No one was injured and no arrests were made. The man who brandished the weapon fled before police arrived.

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The investigation is still ongoing. Officers said it was unclear if it was gang-related or involved any students at the school.